ALMOST DONE

                                 THE HOLLY

                          The perfect pattern for working my way back.  I had asked on facebook. which pattern they would chose and Holly won.

                        It basically is an easy pattern.
                        Lending it's self to a lot of decorations.

                                              Even a touch of embroidery.  

 
 
 The dress was not without it's complications for me.
First, I started by not reading directions.  I really don't care how long you have sewn or the number of "Hollys" you have made.  Read your instructions. It will save you so much time.

Now, you probably notice there are no buttons yet.  My theory is, you let the dress season. Then, you practice making buttonholes.   Ugh!  why does buttonhole making seem so hard?

TODAY

                                          A BRAND NEW DAY

I ran across this saying on Facebook this morning.  It was one I had found and shared with my daughter Janel.  For those that do not know, Janel was diagnosed with MS a few years ago.   She is doing great.  Her, and my my granddaughter Zoe are up every morning at 5am, hitting the gym.  Zoe, is a freshman in high school and yet there she is every morning at the gym.

 Yet, I have taken so much strength from her.  It doesn't seem right to complain that I hurt, when she is raising two teens and running a business.

So today, which is a brand new day I will keep from complaining and only thank God.

I AM SAYING GOODBYE

See this ugly thing, called a walker?  I am getting ready to say goodbye to it.   It has been here since Jan5th, when I came home from the hospital for the 3rd time.  This time I was going to stay home, it is a long story that started Dec,14th.   Now, it is time to keep moving on.

 Hard to get a picture!   Pretty ugly I will say.   
I don't have anything against using a walker if you need one.  Just, I want this to be over.  I have so much to do and a walker doesn't fit in with any of it.
Yesterday, I walked by myself, from the front to my back yard, which is a special place.

So help me say goodbye, time for you to go help another person.

Getting closer

Boating season is getting closer by the day.  I needed to prop myself up and know it is coming after this horrible winter.

After being in the hospital on and off for a month,  boating season seemed out of the question. Now, home, recovering with the sun shining, it doesn't seem so far away.  Also seems possible.  So from the first light of morning til the last night at night I will be river bound.

She is my love

Decisions are made

                                                   Time to get busy

I had some help making the decisions.  the piping is made.  The lining is cut, so now it is a matter of putting it all together.

  As you can see, I went with some yellow rick rack to soften the black.

 I made the piping from black and white checked fabric.

Now it is a matter of putting it all together.

 To all my friends---  soon we will be back on the river, with this sun it can't be long now.

Decisions

                                                     Trying to decide

Defiantly time to get back to sewing and now there are decisions to be made.

I have decided to use the HOLLY pattern, from Bonnie Blue.  I have used this a thousand times but it still needs a new look.

  So, wanting to use fabric on hand I thought the bees would be cute.
I want to add ribbon and now the decision as to use yellow, which doesn't seem like a good idea or go with something along the line of using black ribbon.

            Bee fabric with yellow ribbon

               Using black ribbon


My other choice is to order black and white colored ribbon as suggested.  I am tending to think black and white, what do you think?

Happy first day of spring